Dr. Robert Shcherbakov

Associate Professor

Curriculum Vitae

EXPERIENCE

  • 06/2016-07/2016: Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2013-present: Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
  • 2007-2013: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
  • 2003-2007: Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Computational Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
  • 2002-2003: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
  • 1998-2002: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
  • 1993-1998: Research Associate, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.

EDUCATION

  • 1998-2002: Ph.D., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
    • Major: Geophysics (Advisor: Prof. Donald L. Turcotte).
    • Minor: Computer Science (Prof. Bart Selman); Seismology and Tectonics (Prof. Larry Brown).
    • Thesis Title: On Modeling of Geophysical Problems.
  • 1993-1996: Candidate of Sciences, Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.
  • 1987-1992: M.Sc. magna cum laude in Theoretical Physics, Physics Department, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.

PUBLICATIONS...

COURSES TAUGHT

  • ES 2220: (2007-present) Environmental and Exploration Geophysics I. More...
  • ES 4421: (2008-present) Physics of the Earth II. More...
  • GP 9524: (2016-) The Physics of Earthquakes. More...
  • GP 9530: (2009-present) Advanced Physics of the Earth. More...
  • GP 9531: (2010-present) Computer Modelling of Natural Processes. More...
  • GP 9505: (2010) Geophysical Forward and Inverse Modelling. More...

ACADEMIC SERVICE

  • Reviewer for the following journals: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, Geophysical Journal International, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Physical Review B, Tectonophysics, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Seismology, Terra Nova, G-Cubed, EOS, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Electronic Geosciences.
  • Reviewer for the following grant agencies: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), National Science Foundation (NSF), Alberta Ingenuity Fund, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.